Sequential treatment with calcium alginate dressings and hydrocolloid dressings accelerates pressure ulcer healing in older subjects: A multicenter randomized trial of sequential versus nonsequential treatment with hydrocolloid dressings alone

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 269-274

  Belmin, Joël ^a,e   Meaume, Sylvie ^b   Rabus, Marie Thérèse ^c   Bohbot, Serge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Laboratoires Urgo ^*  (France)

^e Hopital Rene Muret Bigottini   (France)

Author keywords

Calcium alginate dressing; Hydrocolloid dressing; Older people; Pressure sores; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOISTURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGINATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BANDAGES, HYDROCOLLOID; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLOIDS; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PRESSURE ULCER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036168793     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50058.x     Document Type: Article

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